Easter work

Hey Guys, Firstly thanks for all those who attended....even the guys who never used a tablet before, we will get you guys using a tablet like its second nature! Think of these workshops as a Q&A also. So ask away and get as much info from me as you can so your more aware of how it can benefit your practice.

Here is quick recap for what you need to do over easter.

A canvas of silhouettes, draw big then shrink down and place into rows next to each other. Although its the first step of the process it is still important to make your canvas presentable, as it will be sent to clients! Canvas size, just use international paper at 72 pixels per inch. You will feel the need to zoom in a lot but don't, keep zoomed out and be gestural.

Handy shortcuts for the silhouette phase

alt - will copy and paste your silhouette to where ever you drag it to. Good to quickly lay out your silhouettes ready to work some designs onto.

cmd T - selects your image to transform i.e. adjust size of image . Hold shift whilst adjusting the size to keep the scale uniformed.

other shortcuts are on the below post, Just scroll down to the  TOOLS part for now, that has all you need for this phase.

Assigning tablet buttons to keyboard shortcuts
Top left of screen, click on apple sign, Go to system preferences,  and you will see the wacom tablet symbol at the bottom. Click that to open options and you can map the buttons on your tablet to keyboard shortcuts to make life a little easier for you...its good for getting a comfortable workflow. Just type in the shortcuts to what ever button you want and name it. I would advise using the touch strip to change brush size. (Bush size shortcut smaller - [, bigger - ])


Pick your strongest silhouette, look for overall shape and how it reads. select them with the lasso tool (L) and copy paste to new canvas (landscape canvas) make a new layer above them and paint in some details, just enough to make it readable. Then save them as a jpeg before you go any further. I need to see the separate canvas's. I don't mind if you want to detail one of them even more and add colour....but i will be showing you how to do that when we get back from easter. But either way its good practice for you to try it on your own. Keep it greyscale use the tablet to your advantage, applying more pressure for darker lines and less for lighter.

Tablets are in kierens office, don't be scared to take one when ever you want to. Also good news guys, we have ordered 10 new tablets!!!

 This is a great time for you to gain an understanding of digital illustration and what you can use it for in your own practice before September. The more i know about what you need the more i can structure it to your needs.

SO GIVE ME LOTS OF FEEDBACK OF THINGS YOU WANT TO KNOW AND WHAT YOU THINK WILL HELP YOU! TELL KIEREN,JEN OR ANDREW AND THEY WILL TELL ME.

Photoshop keyboard shortcuts

Selecting
Draw Marquee from Center	Option-Marquee
Add to a Selection	Shift
Subtract from a Selection	Option
Intersection with a Selection	Shift-Option
Make Copy of Selection w/Move tool	Option-Drag Selection
Make Copy of Selection when not in Move tool	Cmd-Option-Drag Selection
Move Selection (in 1-pixel Increments)	Arrow Keys
Move Selection (in 10-pixel Increments)	Shift-Arrow Keys
Select all Opaque Pixels on Layer	Cmd-Click on Layer Thumbnail (in Layers panel)
Restore Last Selection	Cmd-Shift-D
Feather Selection	Shift-F6
Move Marquee while drawing selection	Hold Space while drawing marquee
Viewing
Fit on Screen	Double-click on Hand tool or Cmd-0
100% View Level (Actual Pixels)	Double-Click on Zoom Tool or Cmd-Option-0
Zoom in	Cmd-Space-Click or Cmd-Plus(+)
Zoom out	Option-Space-Click or Cmd-Minus(–)
Hide all tools and panels	Tab
Hide all panels except Toolbox and Options bar	Shift-Tab
Rotate through full screen modes	F
Scroll image left or right in window	Cmd-Shift-Page Up/Down
Jump/Zoom to part of Image	Cmd-drag in Navigator panel
Toggles layer mask on/off as rubylith	\
Layer Shortcuts
Create new layer	Cmd-Shift-N
Select non-contiguous layers	Cmd-Click layers
Select contiguous layers	Click one layer, then Shift-Click another layer
Delete Layer	Delete key
View contents of layer mask	Option-Click layer mask icon
Temporarily turn off layer mask	Shift-Click layer mask icon
Clone layer as you move it	Option-Drag
Find/Select layer containing object	Control-Click on object w/Move tool
Change layer opacity	Number keys (w/Move tool selected)
Cycle down or up through blend modes	Shift-Plus(+) or Minus(–)
Change to a specific blend mode	(w/Move tool) Shift-Option-letter (ie: N=Normal, M=Multiply. etc.)
Switch to layer below/above current layer	Option-[ or Option-]
Type Shortcuts
Select all text on layer	Double-Click on T thumbnail in Layers panel
Increase/Decrease size of selected text by 2pts	Cmd-Shift->/<
Increase/Decrease size of selected text by 10 pts	Cmd-Option-Shift->/<
Increase/Decrease kerning/tracking	Option-Right/Left Arrow
Align text left/center/right	Cmd-Shift-L/C/R
Painting
Fill selection with background color	Cmd-Delete
Fill selection with foreground color	Option-Delete
Fill selection with foreground color using Lock Transparent Pixels	Option-Shift-Delete
Fill selection with source state in History panel	Cmd-Option-Delete
Display Fill dialog box	Shift-Delete
Sample as background color	Option-Click w/Eyedropper tool
To get Move tool	While in any painting/editing tool-hold Cmd
To get Eyedropper with Paint tools	Option
Change paint opacity (with Airbrush OFF)	Number keys
Change paint opacity (with Airbrush ON)	Shift-Number keys
Change Airbrush flow (with Airbrush ON)	Number keys
Change Airbrush flow (with Airbrush OFF)	Shift-Number keys
Cross-Hair Cursor	Any painting/editing tool-turn Caps Lock on
Decrease/Increase Brush Size	[ or ]
Decrease/Increase Hardness of Brush	Shift-[ or Shift-]
Switch between preset Brushes	< or >
Open Brushes pop-up panel	Ctrl-Click in Image window
Erase to History panel's source state	Option-Eraser
Cycle down or up through blend modes	Shift-Plus(+) or Minus(–)
Change to a specific blend mode	Shift-Opt-letter (ie: N=Normal, M=Multiply, etc.)
Create fixed color target from within a dialog box	Shift-Click in image window
Delete fixed color target	Option-Click on target with Color Sampler tool
Create new spot-color channel from current selection	Cmd-Click on New Channel button in Channels panel
Pen Tool Shortcuts
To get Direct Selection tool while using Pen	Cmd
Switch between Add-Anchor and Delete-Anchor Point tools	Option
Switch from Path Selection tool to Convert Point tool when pointer is over anchor point	Cmd-Option
To Select a whole path w/Direct Selection tool	Option-click
Convert path to a selection	Cmd-click on path name (in Paths panel)
Panel Shortcuts
Show/Hide Brushes panel	F5
Show/Hide Color panel	F6
Show/Hide Layers panel	F7
Show/Hide Info panel	F8
Show/Hide Actions panel	Option-F9
Open Adobe Bridge	Cmd-Option-O
Other Shortcuts
Switch between open documents	Cmd-tilde(~)
Undo or Redo operations beyond last one	Cmd-Option-Z/-Shift-Z
Apply Last Filter	Cmd-F
Opens Last Filter Dialog Box	Cmd-Option-F
Hand Tool	Spacebar
Reset Dialog Box	Hold Option, Cancel turns into Reset Button, Click it
Increase/Decrease value (in any option field) by 1 unit	Up/Down Arrow
Increase/Decrease value (in any option field) by 10 units	Shift-Up/Down Arrow
Repeat Last Transformation	Cmd-Shift-T
Measure Angle between Lines (Protractor Function)	After ruler is drawn, Option-Drag end of line with Ruler Tool
Move Crop Marquee while creating	Hold Space while drawing
Snap Guide to Ruler ticks	Hold Shift while dragging
Highlight Fields in Options bar (n/a for all tools)	Return
Don't Snap object edge while moving	Hold Control while dragging

Tools
V	Move
M	Marquee tools
L	Lasso tools
W	Quick Selection, Magic Wand
C	Crop and Slice Tools
I	Eyedropper, Color Sampler, Ruler, Note, Count
J	Spot Healing Brush, Healing Brush, Patch, Red Eye
B	Brush, Pencil, Color Replacement, Mixer Brush
S	Clone Stamp, Pattern Stamp
Y	History Brush, Art History Brush
E	Eraser tools
G	Gradient, Paint Bucket
O	Dodge, Burn, Sponge
P	Pen tools
T	Type tools
A	Path Selection, Direct Selection
U	Rectangle, Rounded Rectangle, Ellipse, Polygon, Line, Custom Shape
K	3D Tools
N	3D Camera Tools
H	Hand
R	Rotate
Z	Zoom
D	Default colors
X	Switch Foreground and Background colors
Q	Quick Mask Mode
To switch between all tools within groups, add the Shift key to the letters above
For example, to switch between rectangular and elliptical marquee hit Shift-M